Problem:IOL/2018/i1/en

IOL 2018 Problem #1 Creek

Here are some words in Creek and their English translations. The mark [ˊ] indicates stress:

`[cokó]`	house	`[imahicíta]`	to look out for
`[cáːlo]`	trout	`[inkosapitá]`	to implore
`[sókca]`	sack	`[tapassóːla]`	daddy longlegs
`[waːkocí]`	calf	`[akkopánka]`	playing
`[pocóswa]`	axe	`[cokpilâːpilá]`	whippoorwill
`[famíːca]`	muskmelon	`[toknaːphotí]`	wallet
`[yanása]`	bison // buffalo	`[coːkakiɬɬitá]`	learning
`[iyanawá]`	his/her cheek	`[ɬafotaháya]`	pumpkin // winter squash
`[hîːspákwa]`	robin	`[itiwanayipíta]`	to tie each other
`[aklowahíː]`	mud	`[ipahankatíta]`	to count us
`[pokkoɬakkoakkopankacóko]` basketball gym

(a) Mark the stress:

`[ifa]`	dog	`[ifoci]`	puppy
`[nâːnaki]`	things	`[sâːsakwa]`	goose
`[aktopa]`	bridge	`[hoktaki]`	women
`[wanayita]`	to tie	`[awanayita]`	to tie to
`[isiskitoci]`	little drinking vessel	`[aːtamihoma]`	bonnet (car hood)
`[honantaːki]`	men	`[ilitohtaɬita]`	to cross legs

⚠ Creek (Muskogee) belongs to the Muskogean family. It is spoken by approx. 4500 people in the state of Oklahoma, USA. [ɬ] is a consonant. The mark [ˆ] indicates falling tone. The mark [ː] indicates that the preceding vowel is long.

—Aleksejs Peguševs